Contraction: Tax Code of Ukraine – TC of Ukraine State Fiscal Service of Ukraine and organizational chart – SFS Procedure for taxation of income paid to a non-resident or his permanent establishment is determined by section 160 of Tax Code of Ukraine which regulates the relationship between non-residents and tax payers of income – residents…

Experts declare that the market of distance selling is rapidly growing: being able to get to the customer in the most inaccessible point, the distance selling is taking off in Ukraine. A number of significant advantages over traditional trading allows the distance selling to increase the volumes. Companies specializing in distance selling use all possible…

Modern development of the world is marked by active human migration. People are actively moving around the world, start new relationships, sometimes contract formal marriages, give birth to children etc. These trends are also common for Ukraine. With active migration there are some cases when a father is not present in the country when the…

The development of modern medicine and science makes many things, which previously seemed fantastic, available. Especially noticeable progress is in the field of assisted reproductive technologies in general and surrogate motherhood in particular. Ukraine is one of a few countries where surrogacy is permitted by law, and Article 123 of the Family Code sets the…

To obtain citizenship in any country you have to know the bureaucratic procedures, correct filing of documents, knowledge of laws of the country. It is a long process and troublesome task, it is quite difficult for non-residents due to legal formalities, ignorance of the language and features of the procedures. Passports of Ukraine is the…

Ukraine is a country with the largest reserves of high-quality fertile land, therefore the development of the agro-industrial sector of the economy is significant, and the percentage of agricultural products in general GNP is quite high. At the same time, in recent years not only traditional market of agricultural products, but also market of organic…

Intellectual property is one of the most valuable assets in today’s world, and the value of many businesses that are working with intellectual property are often much larger than the classical asset. Intellectual property is increasingly becoming the subject of unlawful harassment, violation of patent rules, patent wars and sometimes outright abuses in this area…

Facsimile (from Latin fac simile – “make alike”) is a reproduction of any original graphic (manuscripts, drawings, designs, prints, signatures, monograms) transmitting it quite accurately, with all details. Using the facsimile in business practice is reasonable in those cases when you create a large number of primary documents, such as invoices, statements, specifications to the…

On October 21, 2015, Ukraine sent the claim to the World Trade Organization against the Russian Federation, which put forward the issue for the imposition of Russian limitations on the supply of rail cars, switch equipment for railways and other products in the industry, because of which revenues of Ukrainian companies have fallen to 96%.…

Ukraine is an active participant of international relations both at the state and at private level. These are commercial (business) contacts of enterprises, international marriages with participation of Ukrainian citizens, children in international marriages, inheritance, etc. In any case, not all disputes are resolved peacefully and in such cases the courts are used. What can…

The right for marriage is guaranteed by Constitutions and laws of almost each country, but each country has its own laws based on cultural practices, religious factors, etc. This decade people are actively traveling around the world, not only for tourism but also for work, choice the place of residence, and because of that an…

An important trend in the development of modern navigation is its internationalization, which is associated with intensive labor migration from developing countries. Marine labor market is a specific segment of the global labor market. According to the information of International Shipping Federation (ISF), the marine labor market covers more than 1,250,000 sailors, representing 150 countries.…

At the stage of making decisions whether it is worth to start business negotiations with a potential business partner, any information is valuable to help to determine in advance or formulate a thought. Ways of collecting this information may be different: those that require some material costs (for example, the collection of information through specialized…

Ukraine can be considered as an attractive country for foreigners wishing to immigrate to Europe. Primarily, this is due to the European vector of development of our country and the desire of Ukrainians to be an integral part of the European community. Secondly, it is the low real estate, services, food prices, convenient geographical location,…

E-mail has long been used as an effective tool for conducting business, and business parties often do not have any other document, except electronic. Therefore, sooner or later, the question of need of electronic correspondence (e-mail) as evidence in court arises. Ukrainian legislation does not establish a clear field of application and the use of…

Question about the sales of business in Ukraine is difficult to describe as a legal scheme or mechanism, different aspects of the business are regulated by their specific branches of law. This difficulty may be experienced by a buyer who does not get what he wants does not get it to the extent that he…

Surrogate motherhood is a very profitable business in Ukraine. Every year a lot of foreigners come from countries where the procedure of surrogacy is illegal or costs a lot of money to get services of Ukrainians who will carry and give birth to their children for money remuneration. The cost of such service usually ranges…

Already half of a year Russia’s ruling elite with maniacal persistence prove sufficiency of Russia in the present-day world, general independence from civilized rules of politics and the civilized world, from the global integration process. From outside such actions are similar to a gradual burning of all existing bridges between Russia and Western countries resulting…

In economically developed countries, the dispute resolution in court almost always means that the appearer rely on a breach of further business relations with his opponent. The explanation for this state of affairs is quite simple: if the parties have a genuine and mutual desire to establish the true cause of the dispute, to maintain…

The number of signed marriage contracts is constantly increasing in Ukraine, what is more, it is growing in the segment of international couples when one spouse is a citizen of Ukraine and the other – a foreigner. This trend is an evidence of a balanced, rational approach of individual to the process of getting married,…

International marriages are not unusual. Many Ukrainians marriage foreigners and have children in such marriages. So, sometimes there is a need to travel with children abroad in such international couples. Circumstances for such trips can be different: it is a vacation trip, or, in case of the existence of international marriage, it is the need…

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